Another mans shift linkage repair
03-23-2015, 01:27 PM
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Just finished up my repair of this problem in the console. I started with a nylon bushing, drilled it out, trimmed the length, and shaved it down with a dremel tool to achieve the proper diameter. I added a hairpin clip to the end of the post. Hopefully if my modified bushing does fail, the hairpin clip with hold the linkage together.
03-23-2015, 01:36 PM
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Here is our fix. Works like its not even there and will prevent failure.
Even if it fails at another point in the linkage, remember you can always manually shift the transfer case using a pair of pliers. The lever is directly above the front driveshaft.
Even if it fails at another point in the linkage, remember you can always manually shift the transfer case using a pair of pliers. The lever is directly above the front driveshaft.
03-23-2015, 02:43 PM
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Last edited by redridge; 03-23-2015 at 02:46 PM.
03-23-2015, 05:03 PM
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anyone put these in? for 2007-current... Jeep Wrangler JK Transfer Case Bushings | eBay
03-23-2015, 05:34 PM
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04-01-2015, 05:22 PM
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I completed the install of my new Rubi transfer case today and while I was in there, tore out the stock plastic bushings. I'm not sure if cross-posting is allowed on this forum so for the detail of the bushing I made and installed, here is a link to the post in my build thread with several photos of how I fit the bushing I made to the cable end.
I hope this's helps out!
https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/jk-s...6/#post4079484
I hope this's helps out!
https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/jk-s...6/#post4079484
05-26-2015, 07:13 AM
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If you want to go with another material, I used a nylon spacer (see pictures). It works very well but I had to use a Dremmel tool to shave off about half of a millimeter from the outside of the nylon spacer so that it would fit in the cable eye.
Obviously, the original clip was not designed to last. I suspect that Jeep is not going to improve it either, since it's generating repair business for their dealers. Jeep is not known for it's quality or precision.
Obviously, the original clip was not designed to last. I suspect that Jeep is not going to improve it either, since it's generating repair business for their dealers. Jeep is not known for it's quality or precision.
11-30-2018, 07:06 PM
#88
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I drilled out the black linkage eye to 1/2" with a step bit. Used a 1/2" screw cap and cut the tip off (used as a new bushing). Then used a cotter pin to hold everything together. There is a groove on the nipple that accepted it perfectly.
07-08-2020, 03:19 AM
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shift arm lever instead of cable
Has anyone attempted to just attach a physical rod to the shifter lever on the transfer case and cut a hole in the floorboard and then put a handle on the end of the rod and shift the transfer case like transfer cases and transmission used to be shifted before engineers started overthinking things? I know it might take some creative design for the shift lever and a relocation of the floor penetration, but it would completely remove this nonsense with stupid cables that don't work when you need them to work.
I am dealing with this a 3rd (?) time and am in the slow process of ratting my 2010 rubi out anyways so I might try this. Have a fundamental problem with buying another cable that I know will fail at the most inopportune time for another $100ish or spending $200ish on a cable upgrade if I will be Breadtrucking the whole thing in a couple of years anyway.
Thoughts?
I am dealing with this a 3rd (?) time and am in the slow process of ratting my 2010 rubi out anyways so I might try this. Have a fundamental problem with buying another cable that I know will fail at the most inopportune time for another $100ish or spending $200ish on a cable upgrade if I will be Breadtrucking the whole thing in a couple of years anyway.
Thoughts?
07-08-2020, 05:29 AM
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The little bushings are $3, why are you buying an entire cable? I also have a 2010 and while I've replaced the bushings twice now, I do have 220k miles and it's been on plenty of off-road trips and I've had the transmission down probably a half dozen times now.